May 16, 2019
…of plastic surgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine. A professor of plastic surgery, she also directs the school of medicine’s plastic surgery residency and craniofacial fellowship programs. In her new leadership role, Gosman hopes to establish the school of medicine as a world-renowned plastic surgery training center, one…
April 14, 2016
…for Graduate Student Mental Health Five to eight years of intense research and studying is the commitment students make when embarking on a doctoral program. Yet, the academic work is only part of the graduate student experience. Many students are balancing family and financial responsibilities. Some are adjusting to a…
November 4, 2021
…collection robots on the UC San Diego campus. Photo credit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego. The Proof is in the Poop When early evidence emerged that people with COVID-19—whether or not they have symptoms—shed the virus in their stool, “the sewer seemed like the ‘happening’ place to look for it,” said…
July 30, 2020
…Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health For the first time ever, surfers, scientists, physicians and survivors will come together virtually to support the fight against cancer at the annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational on Aug. 9. As UC San Diego events are being canceled or postponed…
May 6, 2021
…New sensors created at UC San Diego sit on brain’s surface and allow surgeons to create higher-resolution brain maps Image of one of a flexible mats of closely spaced sensors being developed at UC San Diego. These kinds of sensor grids are temporarily placed directly on the surface of the…
December 5, 2013
UC San Diego Biophysicists Examine Development of Antibiotic Resistance A team of UC San Diego biophysicists used quantitative models of bacterial growth to discover the bizarre way by which antibiotic resistance allows bacteria to multiply in the presence of antibiotics, a growing health problem in hospitals and nursing homes across…
February 3, 2022
UC San Diego Celebrates 20th Annual Black History Month This February marks UC San Diego’s 20th annual Black History Month celebration. Throughout the month, we recognize the important contributions of our Black students, staff and faculty and invite the entire campus community to join in a series of events that…
November 9, 2023
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates there were 42,795 deaths resulting from motor vehicle crashes in 2022 in the United States. This projection is close to the previous year fatality numbers, which were the highest in 16 years.
January 21, 2021
…the University of California San Diego are developing a color-changing test strip that can be stuck on a mask and used to detect SARS-CoV-2 in a user’s breath or saliva. The project, which received $1.3 million from the National Institutes of Health, is aimed at providing simple, affordable and reliable…
April 15, 2021
…of Hope During Pandemic UC San Diego Health’s Population Health Services Organization helps senior patients navigate the COVID-19 vaccination process Sitting in a wheelchair inside her modest Logan Heights home, Brenda Tanoi, 68, reflects on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted her family over the past year. It is a…
